8vo. 22 leaves, portrait frontispiece. No copy was seen for collation.
Jefferson’s copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. According to the early catalogues he sold only the 8vo. edition
to Congress in 1815, not that in petit format.
In a letter to John Melish (q.v.) written from Monticello on January 13, 1813, Jefferson wrote: “
. . . you expected to discover the difference of our party principles in Gen
l Washington’s Valedictory, & my Inaugural addresses. not at all. Gen
l Washington did not harbour one principle of federalism. he was neither an Angloman, a monarchist nor a Separatist. he sincerely
wished the people to have as much self-government as they were competent to exercise themselves. the only point on which he
and I ever differed in opinion was that I had more confidence than he had in the natural integrity and discretion of the people,
and in the safety and extent to which they might trust themselves with a controul over their government.
”
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Hobbes de Cive.
24
s.
Elzevir.
1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 3, Hobbes de Cive, 16s.
HOBBES,
Thomas.
Elementa philosophica de Cive, auctore Thom. Hobbes Malmesburiensi. Amsterodami: apud
Danielem Elzevirium, A
o.
1669.
JC153 .H6
12mo. 242 leaves, the last 2 blanks; engraved title-page.
Lowndes II, 1078.
Willems 1406.
Macdonald and Hargreaves no. 29.
Original vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jefferson ordered a copy of this edition (specifying the date, 1669) on March 23, 1788, from
Van Damme, of Amsterdam, page 284 in the catalogue sent by the latter.
Van Damme’s bill, sent on June 25, with apologies for the delay in sending the book, omits this edition, but includes the Elzevir edition
of 1647, 12mo. price
2.10. which is entered at that price in the undated manuscript catalogue.
This title was entered previously by Jefferson in chapter 16, but was reclassified in the 1815 and the later Library of Congress catalogues into chapter 24.
Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher. This edition of 1669 is the
fourth Elzevirian edition of
De Cive; the 1647 edition mentioned in Van Damme’s bill was the first Elzevirian and the first authoritative edition of the work
which had been originally printed in 1642.
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Hornii dissertationes historicae et politicae.
24
s.
1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 22, as above, with
p 12mo.
HORN,
Georg.
[
Georgii Hornii dissertationes historicæ et politicæ. Lugd. Batav. et
Roterod.: ex officina
Hackiana,
1668.]
JC156 .H8
12mo. 214 leaves (should be 215, this copy lacks the first leaf with the engraved title). The dedication dated January 1655.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, original red silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
This work was placed by Jefferson in chapter 2, but reclassified in the Library of Congress catalogues into chapter 24.
Georg Horn, 1620-1670, German historian and geographer.
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Mably de la Grece.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 23, as above.
MABLY,
Gabriel Bonnot de.
Observations sur l’histoire de la Grece: ou des causes de la prospérité et des
